Fascism in Israel? It's Up to You I'm sick to death of the Zionism of horseshit, of the incitement which prides itself on hatred and, yes, that 'beautiful face' of fascism. It's up to every one of us. We can stand up now, or be put down later. Like dogs. A Plant Named Occupation Has Grown Into a Deep-rooted Tree When someone says something against the occupation, he is attacked as if he is the ultimate enemy of all Jews from the time of Moses to Yair Lapid.

Adjusting Israel's TV to the Right
Removing Channel 33 from the broadcast lineup of Idan Plus in favor of
Channel 20 symbolizes a worsening of the government’s treatment of its
Arab citizens, who are now totally excluded from its official broadcast
lineup.

Netanyahu's pathetic primaries chicanery
Op-ed: The call for early primaries in the Likud party and the
decision to cancel them 4 days later lead us to an absurd situation. A
sitting prime minister, whose power and influence are hard to even
estimate, is afraid not just of future competitors, but even to compete
against himself.

VIDEO - Cartoon: La réalité vs les médias en Israël-PalestineNetanyahu: This land is your birthright
In the opening lines of Netanyahu’s speech, Bibi uses a very
interesting turn of phrase when addressing this group of young Jews
(who, according to the Taglit website all range in age from 18-26 years)
from the US saying ‘you are all MEGA for me’. It is unlikely that
Netanyahu chose to use this word by mere happenstance. ‘MEGA’ was the
term that was used within US intelligence circles in describing an
unknown Israeli spy (or spy network) that had been inserted into the
Clinton White House.
Voir les textes de EIR/Larouche sur Mega et ses liens avec Bronfman.

The only democratic party in Israel
The wall-to-wall condemnation of three Arab MKs for meeting
terrorists' families shows that the Joint List is only one party here
that truly understands what democracy is.

Who's for destroying democracy?
Op-ed: The prime minister's 'big plan' is to weaken the political
system, debilitate the civil servants and gatekeepers and destroy free
press. This is not a delusion thought up in the state of Tel Aviv.

Roger Waters defends York U anti-Israel painting 'Freedom of speech is a fundamental right and not for sale to the likes of you,' he tells Paul Bronfman.
In response to demands by businessman Paul Bronfman
that the mural be taken down, Waters wrote Bronfman: “Happily York
University students and faculty members seem to recognize that protest
is ok, and that freedom of speech is a fundamental right and not for
sale to the likes of you."
Bronfman pulled financial support from the university over the mural, which he called “pure hate.” Roger Waters’ Support Of Palestinian Violence As A ‘Moral Duty’
Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has taken sides
in a controversy at York University in Toronto, where businessman Paul
Bronfman has demanded the removal of a painting that shows a Palestinian
holding stones as he faces a bulldozer.
Waters addressed his letter
to Bronfman, who pulled financial support from the university over the
artwork, which he called “pure hate.”
Waters wrote that Bronfman is
wrong to “use his economic muscle” to try and force removal of
“Palestinian Roots,” which is displayed in the York University Student
Centre, a building on campus that houses the York Federation of
Students.
Waters writes that the Palestinian depicted in the artwork
“has a legal and moral right, under the terms of article 4 of the
Geneva conventions to resist the occupation of his homeland,” adding
that protesting Israel’s policy is not anti-Semitic, and is in fact “a
moral duty.” Mural calling for violence against Israelis still displayed at York University
The
offensive mural prompted Paul Bronfman, a Jewish philanthropist, to
withdraw his considerable financial support to York University. As soon
as Mr. Bronfman pulled the plug on York and called on other donors to
follow suit, Mamdouh Shourki, President of York, issued a statement
confirming that the mural is, indeed, “offensive” to the Jewish members
of York, but explained that the “continued display is the responsibility
of the governing body responsible for the Student Centre which is a
separate and distinct legal entity from the university”. BDS Activist Roger Waters Supports ‘Anti-Semitic’ Mural at Canadian University
In late January, Paul Bronfman, a Jewish backer of the university, demanded
that the image be taken down, calling it “pure hate” and threatening to
pull his donations to the university if it wasn’t removed.
Waters’ letter,
which is addressed directly to Bronfman, accuses the businessman of
using “economic muscle” to forcibly remove the painting, called
“Palestinian roots.”

‘Sacrilege’? It's a Pretty Low Bar in Israel These Days
Israel’s escalating culture wars turned surreal in late February, when a
vitriolic battle of words erupted between right and left over this
question: What is the biblical birthplace of the Jewish people? One side
picked Jerusalem. The other side picked Egypt. Both sides were wrong.
But days later the battle is still raging, from the Knesset to the op-ed
pages to Twitter.

The anti-Semitism Problem of pro-Palestinian Progressives
Mira Sucharov’s op-ed advanced a familiar cabal: Jews level charges of
anti-Semitism to stifle all criticism of Israel. On campus and
elsewhere, its effect is to automatically delegitimize most claims of
discrimination or marginalization against Jews.

Israel's Government Reaches a New Moral Low
A state that adopts the legal methods and laws of totalitarian states
begins to look like those countries, even if it calls itself 'the only
democracy in the Middle East.'

Satmar Rebbe: Settlers causing terrorism "the
real culprits are the settlers in Israel who agitate the nations of the
world in the country and throughout the world, which causes serious
hatred of Israel and the severe wave of attacks."

Israelis Have Had Enough of Netanyahu, Poll Shows
A Haaretz poll indicates the public is ready for a new political
order, but no Big Bang will occur unless an alternative to Netanyahu
wins over right-wing voters; IDF chief Eisenkot is crowned Israel's most
popular leading figure.

Does Monotheism Breed Religious Violence?
In his new book, 'Putting God Second: How to Save Religion Itself,'
Rabbi Donniel Hartman argues that religion often fails to create
believers who care for their fellow man.

BDS is an existential threat
Op-ed: The Israeli economy is under threat from the BDS movement, with
severe implications if it succeeds. In order to address this threat,
Israel must understand and answer several questions to create a solid
front against this movement.

Rivlin: BDS doesn't believe in Israel's right to exist
Speaking at Ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth's anti-BDS conference, the
president argues there's a difference between criticism and
de-legitimization, stressing that 'we must show BDS claims originate in
hatred towards the State of Israel.'

The defense of the minister of defense
With incitement against Moshe Ya'alon only on the rise, the Shin Bet is
taking no chances; the volatile discourse surrounding Ya'alon has
elements of political motivation.
C'est pas les musulmans qui menacent ouvertement le ministre israélien de la défense!

Radical right-winger acquitted of assault of radical left-winger
Despite being documented on video attacking Ezra Nawi, judge clears
Benzi Gopstein of charges, accepting his claim that he thought Nawi and
other left-wing activists, who were climbing the fence into a Jewish
neighborhood in Hebron, were Arabs seeking to harm Jews.

On racism and criticism in Israel
Op-ed: For Bezalel Smotrich's information - there's a higher chance the
Arab baby born on the same day as your son will be a life-saving doctor
than a life-taking terrorist.

There's No Place in Israel for an Honest Arab
Zionist Union's Zouheir Bahloul dared to say the truth - that anyone
who tries to stab a soldier at a damned Hebron roadblock isn't a
terrorist - and started an almost fascist stampede.

The Most Abused Term in Canada
In a recent Canadian Jewish News interview long time l’Université du
Québec à Montréal (UQAM) professor Julien Bauer slurs Arabs and Muslims
as he bemoans “anti-Semitism”. “In the corridors of UQAM, there are
occasionally pro-Hamas demonstrations and anti-Semitic posters, but this
is relatively rare,” Bauer wrote in French. “At Concordia University,
it’s an anti-Semitic festival every day of the year! This is normal
because there are many more Arab and Muslim students at Concordia than
UQAM.”

Playwright Tony Kushner accuses Toronto federation of ‘McCarthyism’
Technion head warns of international BDS attack on Israeli
universities At the state level, US legislators tackle BDS head on
Kushner said he has thought a lot about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and feels “a moral obligation that comes directly from the
ethical teachings I received as a young Jewish kid.

Israel Putting Settlements Before Culture
Culture Ministry's change in criteria for allocating state funds to
cultural institutions is an infringement on the central democratic
concept of freedom of expression.

Panelists consider whether Trudeau is ‘good for the Jews’
With Jews occupying positions of power in Canadian society, he said,
the question of “what is good for the Jews” no longer applies to whether
the government is able to protect Jews from anti-Semitism or poverty.
Instead, he said, “what’s good for the Jews has become a code for… is
this good for the Zionist project?” Since 9/11 especially, mainstream
Canadian Jewish institutions and synagogues have become increasingly
affiliated with a sort of “hawkish, militaristic patriotism” in response
to a shared sense of threat against radical Islam and so, under Harper,
staunch support of Israel became associated with criticism of liberal
policies. Despite rhetoric in the recent federal election suggesting
that Trudeau is “anti-Zionist, a BDS supporter, a Naomi Klein, hard-left
type,” Kay said the prime minister “takes it as a baseline that Israel
is a legitimate state and our ally.” He added: “I think the Jewish
community got played by Harper in the last election. He used the Jewish
community as a schism issue and Israel as a proxy issue to show how
hard-ass he was on things like political Islam.”

Lapid walks back his attack on new editor of ‘Haaretz’
Lapid incurred the wrath of fellow MKs and other public figures when he
branded Gvaryahu as the most radical member of Breaking the Silence,
and accused Haaretz’s English edition of slandering both Israel and the
IDF. Landau’s appointment serves as “additional proof (as if any was
needed) that Breaking the Silence is not interested in influencing
Israeli society from within, but prefers to slander us abroad,” wrote
Lapid, who subsequently was broadly subjected to a barrage of criticism,
accused of sexism, and of not taking into account that Landau is a
personality in her own right with an impressive media record.

Life (In Israel) Is a Cabaret, Old Chum
Comparisons of Israel to 1930s Germany are dismissed as hysterical
exaggerations or anti-Semitic attacks, but they are actually the ethical
imperative of 'never again.'

Look Who's Demonizing Israel Now
The Netanyahu government now appears to need entirely unexpected
enemies to demonize. For example, the very people we entrust at the
highest level, to keep terrorists from murdering us. On Sunday, Bitan
made it to the top of the front page of Israel Hayom, Sheldon Adelson's
acrobatically pro-Netanyahu, Kremlin Wall of a newspaper, which quoted
Bitan as declaring that "Over the years, the heads of the Mossad and the
Shin Bet turn into leftists." Coalition chairman calls Mossad, Shin Bet ‘leftists’

The black hole of Israeli democracy
Ya'alon hints at fundraising for new party in letter Talk of a new
party has become all the rage, but political history shows such
movements lack institutions and internal democracy, and tend to have a
short shelf life.

Rethinking the 'banality of evil' theory
The time has come to reexamine Hannah Arendt's thesis. Not all evil is
banal, certainly not the kind that grips a nation with a sense of
racial superiority. Israel is neither Nazi nor fascist or apartheid –
but its current colonialist regime does bear a family resemblance with
other evil regimes.